Featured Rule of Thumb                 Surprise Me! 643 Entertainment THE ENTERTAINER'S RULE Look good, sound good, and do something good. To make a steady living, you need all three. To be on television, you can get away with only two. Timothy Wenk, magician, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 17 reviews Comments (0) You must login to Rate.

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5597 Telephones
MINIMIZING HOLD TIME
Don’t like to be on phone hold? If that first option is to hablo Espanol, regardless of your preference, select it. The folks who speak Spanish also speak English so you get through faster since there are fewer requests for Spanish.
Neil J Salkind, LAWRENCE, KS - Kansas, USA
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5596 Chess
HOW TO WIN CASUAL CHESS
I am no chess expert. However, in casual games, I find that the king-pawn opening into four nights defense into an Italian is very effective against weak players. It works better because it is direct, and is not based off of positioning. I also never have the problem where the other player moves unconventionally, and I don't know a response, because the goal of the Italian is quite simple. All you have to do is put pressure on the Colin Bags????. (Note: only works casually, you can't fake it against a really experienced player)
Jonah , Student, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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5595 Automobiles
THE WORST DRIVERS
Statistically, the worst drivers are BMW drivers. I have found drivers of white BMWs to be even worse drivers. Audi and Mercedes drivers tend to be the second and third worst. I have also found that BMW SUVs are better driven with , because they tend to be wealthy parents rather than men going through a midlife crises.
Jonah , Student, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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5594 Ages and Stages
DIFICULT DEBUGGING
If it is taking more than a day to debug some code, start rewriting the code. It may provide some insight that will allow you to find and fix the bug. In the end, you will have working code to replace the buggy code.
James S Sorrells, Retired Software Engineer, Allentown, New Jersey, United States
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5593 Radio
PROPER PRONOUNCIATION OF SMALL US TOWNS.
My wife's cousin Dave, the play-by-play radio announcer for the Marlins, calls after hours to the main library of the town in question. The recording gives the (correctly pronounced) name of the town, so when he speaks it on air that night he pronounces it like the natives.
Will Varnell MD, Radiologist, Birmingham, AL, USA
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5590 Business
MORE DIGITS MEANS MORE MUZAK
The time you can expect to spend waiting on hold for customer service is proportional to the length of your account number.
Jay Miller, Engineer, Damascus, Maryland, United States
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5589 Ages and Stages
A PINT'S A POUND, THE WORLD AROUND
A pint's a pound, the world around. For liquids, starting with ????. A Gallon weighs about 8 pounds.
Buck Trawicky, wright & scholar, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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5586 Ages and Stages
PLUMBERS' AND PRINTERS' RULE OF THUMB
Never eat the last inch of your sandwich.
Randal Bundy, General Contractor, Oakland, CA, Randal Bundy
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